Joseph
Lawrence BE(Elec), MEM, MPMINZ, MNZIM, PMP
EPECentre Manager,
Electric Power Engineering Centre

BIOGRAPHY
Joseph Lawrence received his Bachelor of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (BE) and Master of Engineering Management (MEM) from the University of Canterbury (UC), in Christchurch , New Zealand. He has been with the EPECentre since its inception and produced the operational business plan for its establishment in 2002. Joseph is concurrently working part-time towards a Ph.D. in Engineering Management on the topic of industry-academia collaboration and is also a PMP® certified Project Manager, a Member of the NZ Institute of Management (MNZIM) and the Project Management Institute of NZ (PMINZ). His professional interests include R&D, engineering project management, marketing and education.
Industrial Experience:
Project
Manager
Compliance
Engineer/Management Trainee, Parkside Laboratories Limited
Research
Scholar, Industrial Research Limited
PROFESSIONAL
INTERESTS
Engineering
Project Management
Engineering
Research, Design, and Development
Technology
Commercialisation
Business
Leadership
Marketing
PUBLICATIONS
Lawrence, J. and Bodger, P.S., "A Project of National Significance", Project Management Institute of New Zealand (PMINZ) Conference 2009, Christchurch, New Zealand, October 2009, Poster Presentation
Lawrence, J. and Bodger, P.S., "Electric Power R&D in New Zealand - Power up or Power down", Electricity Engineers' Association (EEA) Conference 2008, Christchurch, New Zealand, 20-21 June, 2008.
Lawrence, J. and Bodger, P.S., "Electric Power Engineers' - Supply & Demand", Electricity Engineers' Association (EEA) Conference 2008, Christchurch, New Zealand, 20-21 June, 2008.
Lawrence, J., and Bodger, P.S., "Two Cultures - Joint Success", Project Management Institute of New Zealand (PMINZ) Conference 2006, Christchurch, New Zealand, 5-6 October 2006, CD.
Bodger, P.S., and Lawrence, J., "New Zealand's Centre for Excellence in Power: The Electric Power Engineering Centre ",
CIGRE
(International Council on Large Electric Systems), invited paper - Electric Power Engineering Education Panel, Paris, France, 30 August 2006.
Lawrence,
J. and Bodger, P.S., "Practices of Successful Organisations
Applied to Centres of Excellence in New Zealand", IEEE International
Conference on Management of innovation and Technology 2006, Singapore,
21-23 June 2006, CD.
Lawrence,
J. and Bodger, P.S., "The Electric Power Engineering Centre
– New Zealand's Centre for Excellence in Power", Electricity
Engineers' Association (EEA) Conference 2005, Auckland, New Zealand,
17-18 June, 2005, CD.
Frater,
L.P., Watson, N.R., and Lawrence, J., "The Electric Power Engineering
Centre – Fluorescent Light Flicker Caused by Load Management
Signals", Electricity Engineers' Association (EEA) Conference
2005, Auckland, New Zealand, 17-18 June, 2005, CD.
Lawrence,
J. and Bodger, P.S., "The Electric Power Engineering Centre
– Power Engineering as a field of excellence in New Zealand",
Revised Paper, Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference
(AUPEC) 2004, Brisbane, Australia, 26-29 September, 2004, CD.
Lawrence,
J. and Bodger, P.S., "The Electric Power Engineering Centre
– Power Engineering as a field of excellence in New Zealand",
Electricity Engineers' Association (EEA) Conference 2004, Christchurch,
New Zealand, 18-19 June, 2004, CD.
Lawrence,
J., "The Electric Power Engineering Centre – Strategic
Business Plan", Master of Engineering Management (M.E.M.),
University of Canterbury ,Christchurch, New Zealand, 2002, thesis.
CONTACT
DETAILS
Electric
Power Engineering Centre (EPECentre)
PB
4800, Christchurch, New Zealand
Phone:
+64 3 364 2987 ext 7276
Mobile:
+64 21 1144 330
Fax:
+64 3 364 2761
Email:
joseph.lawrence@epecentre.ac.nz
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